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I have this story on FanFiction.Net which involves incest. Non-graphic, consensual incest, but incest nevertheless. Accordingly, it's rated M and I've warned in the summary for "mature themes." However, since the incest is part of the twist ending and supposed to be a surprise, I never explicitly warned about it.
A couple of people have mentioned that I should, in fact, put in a warning since incest is a potentially triggering topic. I figured that they were right and that I should, but I kept forgetting and, as a result, never got around to it.
However, today I got the following anonymous review:
The thing is, though, neither FanFiction.Net's Terms of Service nor the Community Guidelines say anything about trigger warnings. All they say is that the fic must be rated appropriately, which it has been. And really, I should have put the warning in, but I don't want my story to get deleted for something that wasn't breaking any rules. I also doubt that FanFiction.Net actually checks each fic to make sure that the abuse it's being reported for is actually happening, so I'm concerned that they'll just get the report and automatically delete it. On top of that, I don't want them to delete my account.
I sent an e-mail to FanFiction.Net explaining the situation, but lol at the idea that they're actually going to read it.
So... help? Any advice on dealing with this? (Beyond the obvious of putting the warning in, that is.) Like I said, the review was anonymous, so I have no way of contacting the reviewer. Has anyone ever been in this situation before?
A couple of people have mentioned that I should, in fact, put in a warning since incest is a potentially triggering topic. I figured that they were right and that I should, but I kept forgetting and, as a result, never got around to it.
However, today I got the following anonymous review:
i'm reporting this fic. put in a warning for incest. i report every day until you add a warning or it gets deleted by admin
The thing is, though, neither FanFiction.Net's Terms of Service nor the Community Guidelines say anything about trigger warnings. All they say is that the fic must be rated appropriately, which it has been. And really, I should have put the warning in, but I don't want my story to get deleted for something that wasn't breaking any rules. I also doubt that FanFiction.Net actually checks each fic to make sure that the abuse it's being reported for is actually happening, so I'm concerned that they'll just get the report and automatically delete it. On top of that, I don't want them to delete my account.
I sent an e-mail to FanFiction.Net explaining the situation, but lol at the idea that they're actually going to read it.
So... help? Any advice on dealing with this? (Beyond the obvious of putting the warning in, that is.) Like I said, the review was anonymous, so I have no way of contacting the reviewer. Has anyone ever been in this situation before?
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